100 Best Crime Novels - April 2024

A Cold Dark Place (Cold Justice Book 1)

She’s an FBI agent hunting her sister’s killer. He’s an assassin who’ll die to keep her safe. His secret will destroy them both.With over eighteen-hundred 5-star reviews on Goodreads this Romantic Thriller leaves readers wanting more!Former CIA assassin Alex Parker works for a clandestine government organization hell-bent on taking out serial killers and pedophiles before they enter the justice system. Alex doesn't enjoy killing, but he's damn good at it.FBI Special Agent Mallory Rooney has spent years hunting the lowlife who abducted her identical twin sister eighteen years ago. Now, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00IR4J6RY
• ASIN: B00IR4J6RY
• Manufacturer: Toni Anderson

Spilled Milk: Based On A True Story

"Randis later would testify at a criminal trial against her father, who was sentenced to prison for his crimes. He was sentenced to up to 16 years in 2004. Her painful — and ultimately triumphant — story is recounted in Randis' first novel, "Spilled Milk." - Brown, Stacy. Interview with the Pocono Record Newspaper "Spilled Milk is a story about resilience. The strength of the human mind and will power to live a better life." - The Weekly Sparkle"Beautifully written, hauntingly real, Spilled Milk is a must read for any young adult today." - F.P Lione, AuthorBrooke Nolan is a battered chil... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00D9GY2BU
• ASIN: B00D9GY2BU

Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel

• ASIN: B000SEGHT6
• ASIN: B000SEGHT6
• Manufacturer: The Dial Press

Green Lake

The suicide of Madeleine Heron’s husband leaves her at her sister’s lake house for the summer, until she can ‘sort things out’ for herself and find a new direction, but life in the lake community is anything but conducive to calm. Right away a three year old girl goes missing from the dam, Madeleine is nearly assaulted when her truck breaks down, and she discovers her neighbors have an affinity for digging holes and burying things in their yard, usually things they find floating in the lake, like a hand, or an arm… Native American conservation officer Eris Renard appears to be the on... [Read More]

• ASIN: B004O4C074
• ASIN: B004O4C074

The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel

Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered. One girl lived.No one believes her story.The police think she's crazy.Her therapist thinks she's suicidal.Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk.They're all right--but did she see the killer?As the anniversary of the murders approaches, Faith Winters is released from the psychiatric hospital and yanked back to the last spot on earth she wants to be--her hometown where the slayings took place. Wracked by the lingering echoes of survivor's guilt, Faith spirals into a black hole of alcoholism and wanton self-destruction. Finding no solace a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1683993039
• ASIN: 1683993039
• ISBN: 1683993039
• Manufacturer: Greyson Media Associates

Las Vegas Girl: A Gripping, Suspenseful Crime Thriller

With each passing second, her strength faded as her world turned darker, unable to move, to fight anymore. Her lifeless body fell into a heap at his feet, and he stood there for a brief moment, panting, not taking his eyes off her. “Excellent Story! First time I've read this author and Las Vegas Girl was excellent. Good story and well written with good supporting characters. Thought I had figured out who the culprit was, but I was totally wrong. Will definitely read more by this author.” – Mike, five-star Amazon review. The crime: audaciousIn a fashionable Las Vegas hotel, with hundred... [Read More]

• ASIN: B078L6GCP3
• ASIN: B078L6GCP3
• Manufacturer: Italics Publishing

The Girl in the Ice: A gripping serial killer thriller (Detective Erika Foster Book 1)

Her eyes are wide open. Her lips parted as if to speak. Her dead body frozen in the ice…She is not the only one. When a young boy discovers the body of a woman beneath a thick sheet of ice in a South London park, Detective Erika Foster is called in to lead the murder investigation.The victim, a beautiful young socialite, appeared to have the perfect life. Yet when Erika begins to dig deeper, she starts to connect the dots between the murder and the killings of three prostitutes, all found strangled, hands bound and dumped in water around London.What dark secrets is the girl in the ice hidin... [Read More]

• ASIN: B019G6DSDE
• ASIN: B019G6DSDE
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Bookouture

The Life We Bury

A USA Today bestseller and book club favorite! College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1616149981
• ASIN: 1616149981
• ISBN: 1616149981
• Brand: Eskens Allen
• Manufacturer: Seventh Street Books

Deadly Stillwater: A compelling crime thriller (Mac McRyan Mystery Series Book)

Two girls gone. One detective under pressure.And no time left.Winner Midwest Book Awards - Genre Fiction (MIPA)THE BESTSELLING MYSTERY & THRILLER SERIES WITH 2+ MILLION DOWNLOADSNew York Times & USA Today Bestselling Crime SeriesGet SILENCED GIRLS #1 New Release Pulp Thrillers - get it now at a limited time debut price “This book takes the reader on one wild ride, with the suspense not letting up until the very end. Mac is one part Lucas Davenport and one part Mitch Rapp - and it just does not get any better than that!” Amazon ReviewerShannon hustled to her car and dug into her black purse... [Read More]

• ASIN: B005WUVLAG
• ASIN: B005WUVLAG
• Manufacturer: Roger Stelljes

Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel

Soon to be a major television event from Pascal Pictures, starring Tom Holland.Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews esc... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1503943372
• ASIN: 1503943372
• ISBN: 1503943372
• Brand: Lake Union Publishing
• Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

HOSTILE WITNESS: A Josie Bates Thriller (The Witness Series Book 1)

When sixteen-year-old Hannah Sheraton is arrested for the murder of her stepgrandfather, the chief justice of the California Supreme court, her distraught mother turns to her old college roommate, Josie Baylor-Bates, for help. Josie, once a hot-shot criminal defense attorney, left the fast track behind for a small practice in Hermosa Beach, California. But Hannah Sheraton intrigues her and, when the girl is charged as an adult, Josie cannot turn her back. But the deeper she digs the more Josie realizes that politics, the law and family relationships create a combustible and dangerous situation... [Read More]

• ASIN: B002Z7G0QO
• ASIN: B002Z7G0QO

The Reckoning: A Novel

#1 bestselling author John Grisham’s The Reckoning is his most powerful, surprising, and suspenseful thriller yet.  “A murder mystery, a courtroom drama, a family saga…The Reckoning is Grisham's argument that he's not just a boilerplate thriller writer. Most jurors will think the counselor has made his case.”—USA Today   October 1946, Clanton, Mississippi Pete Banning was Clanton, Mississippi’s favorite son—a decorated World War II hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October m... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079DBS447
• ASIN: B079DBS447
• Manufacturer: Dell

Deliverance (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)

• ASIN: B001LOEG1S
• ASIN: B001LOEG1S
• Manufacturer: Delta

Harry Potter Books 1-7 Special Edition Boxed Set

A new special edition boxed set of the complete Harry Potter series, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.This collectible new boxed set contains the complete bestselling Harry Potter series, books 1-7 by J.K. Rowling, brilliantly redesigned by Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick. A perfect gift to introduce a new reader to this beloved series, as well as a gorgeous addition to any fan's bookshelf.

• ASIN: 1338218395
• ASIN: 1338218395
• ISBN: 1338218395
• Manufacturer: Arthur A. Levine Books

In Cold Blood

• ASIN: 0679745580
• ASIN: 0679745580
• ISBN: 9780679745587
• Brand: Truman Capote
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Stealing Shadows : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

While recovering from her last traumatic attempt to help the police catch a killer, psychic Cassie Neill's mind is filled with the thoughts of a pscyhopath, but as she struggles to place a name or

• UPC: 789555
• Rating: 4.0

Hiding in the Shadows : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

When Faith Parker awakens from a coma, she has no memory of her life--or of her friend Dinah, who has vanished without a trace. Death is stalking both women and one of them will not

• UPC: 25652341
• Rating: 4.167

Love You Gone: A Gripping Psychological Crime Novel with an Incredible Twist (Paperback)

'I couldn't put it down... jaw dropping... fantastic... If you're a fan of Gone Girl, you're seriously going to enjoy this!' Netgalley reviewer, 5 stars 'Hello? Police? My husband and our children... they're gone.' When

• UPC: 518802211

Past Crimes : A Van Shaw Novel

When his estranged grandfather is shot and left for dead, Army Ranger Van Shaw plunges into the criminal underworld of his youth to find a murderer and uncover a shocking family

• UPC: 40795331
• Rating: 4.667

Crime and Punishment (Centaur Classics) [The 100 greatest novels of all time - #11] - eBook

"Dostoyevsky gives me more than any scientist, more than Gauss." —Albert Einstein"Dostoyevsky wrote of the unconscious as if it were conscious; that is in reality the reason why his characters seem ‘pathological’, while they are

• UPC: 995433510
• Rating: 4.196

Crime Scene : A Novel

"A corpse lying at the bottom of the stairs. A beautiful but troubled young woman. A brutal, decades-old murder. And the man charged with making sense of it all. Clay Edison is a former star

• UPC: 55699278
• Rating: 3.25

Whisper of Evil : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

As a series of grisly murders terrorizes the small, backwoods town of Silence, Nell Gallagher, a young woman with special psychic gifts, holds the power to unravel the mystery, uncover the dark secrets that could

• UPC: 1800138
• Rating: 3.833

Blood Sins : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

A "New York Times"-bestselling author delivers once again with this chilling novel in which the Special Crimes Unit sends a Haven operative undercover to catch a charismatic killer, who promises his victims heaven in exchange

• UPC: 11019822
• Rating: 3.2

The Department of Sensitive Crimes : A Detective Varg Novel

In the Swedish criminal justice system, certain cases are considered especially strange and difficult, in Malmö, the dedicated detectives who investigate these crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Sensitive Crimes Division.

• UPC: 757130824
• Rating: 3.0

Chill of Fear : A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

In the bestselling second installment of Hooper's Fear trilogy, FBI agent Quentin Hayes has been haunted by an unsolved murder that took place at a secluded Victorian-era resort in Tennessee. Now he returns to the

• UPC: 4327527
• Rating: 4.75